C4Value is a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion and is developing a catalytic process that cost-effectively converts bioethanol or bioacetaldehyde into high-purity acetoin. In the future, this bio-based platform chemical can serve as a starting material for butadiene, butenes, and 2,3-butanediol—in applications where the conventional fermentative production of acetoin has so far been too expensive for industrial use. This opens up new prospects for a climate-friendly C4 value chain, for example in the tire, pharmaceutical, and adhesives industries, where CO₂ reduction and renewable raw materials are crucial. C4Value thus offers a solution for fossil-free platform chemicals—a key to a greener chemical industry.
